BAFN vs. FUSB, PBHC, BRBS, AUBN, BOTJ, CIZN, UBCP, BMTX, SBFG, and GLBZ
Should you be buying BayFirst Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BayFirst Financial include First US Bancshares (FUSB), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Citizens (CIZN), United Bancorp (UBCP), BM Technologies (BMTX), SB Financial Group (SBFG), and Glen Burnie Bancorp (GLBZ). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
BayFirst Financial (NASDAQ:BAFN) and First US Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.
First US Bancshares has a net margin of 15.10% compared to BayFirst Financial's net margin of 4.82%. First US Bancshares' return on equity of 9.74% beat BayFirst Financial's return on equity.
16.9% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.7% of First US Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of First US Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, First US Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than BayFirst Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First US Bancshares and 0 mentions for BayFirst Financial. First US Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat BayFirst Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that First US Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BayFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. First US Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. BayFirst Financial pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First US Bancshares pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
First US Bancshares received 76 more outperform votes than BayFirst Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.
First US Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BayFirst Financial. First US Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BayFirst Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BayFirst Financial has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First US Bancshares has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
First US Bancshares beats BayFirst Financial on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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